OBJECTIVE The study was conducted to investigate the association between economic status and depressive symptoms by comparing the prevalence rates of depressive symptoms at community level and analyzing the possibility of depressive symptoms at individual level. METHODS A survey was conducted from November, 2006 to November, 2007 on 966 and 992 representative subjects recruited by stratified ...

BACKGROUND To effectively and efficiently respond to the growing health needs of older people, it is critical to have an indepth understanding about their health status, quality of life (QoL) and related factors. This paper, taking advantage of the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study on global ageing and adult health, aims to describe the pattern of health status and QoL among older adults in a rural commun...

background and objectives: poverty and risk of nutritional vulnerability of female-headed households (fhhs) are usually higher than male-headed households (mhhs). this study aimed at comparing the socio-economic status, and food and nutrient intake of fhhs and mhhs based on the data from comprehensive study on household food consumption patterns and nutritional status of iran (2001-2003). mater...

background: the aim of the current study was twofold: to investigate the effect of veteran status on risk of developing heart disease over a period of 20 years in the united states and to test if socio‑economic characteristics, chronic conditions, health behaviors, body mass index (bmi) and depressive symptoms explain the association between veteran status and risk of heart disease. methods: da...

BACKGROUND Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing health challenge in Japan and might be associated with childhood poverty. We aimed to investigate the association between low economic status and body mass index (BMI) and to reveal the mediators of this association among junior high school students in Japan. METHODS Junior high school students (N = 2968) from two cities in Shizuoka, Ja...

emotional communication and economic factors play an important role in having a satisfying relationship and a more successful marriage. in this regard, we investigated the 10-year outcome of partners from three different economic levels regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence (ei) and marital satisfaction.the research was designed as a descriptive-correlative survey and data w...

BACKGROUND A relatively consistent body of literature, mainly from high-income countries, supports an inverse association between socio-economic status (SES) and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Data from low- and middle-income countries are scarce. This study explores SES differences in cardiovascular health (CVH) in the Republic of Srpska (RS), Bosnia and Herzegovina, a middle-income cou...